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The Essential Yusuf Idris: Masterpieces of the Egyptian Short Story by Yusuf Idris

The Essential Yusuf Idris: Masterpieces of the Egyptian Short Story

Yusuf Idris with Denys Johnson-Davies

268 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
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Yusuf Idris (1927-91), who belonged to the same generation of pioneering Egyptian writers as Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim, is widely celebrated as the father of the Arabic short story. He studied and practiced medicine, but his interests wer...

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